Sunday, May 10, 2009

Feedsack Quilt

I started this quilt about 10 years ago, when I was very new to quilting.

I got it about halfway finished and stopped in frustration, packed it all in a box and hid it. For years it has been bothering me, and finally I did something about it. Or At least I started doing something about it..

Before:

And the back..This is when I learned all about how important seam allowance is:

This past week, I took a Seam Ripper to it and pulled every bit of it apart, and threw out the horrid white material I had used:

After several hours of picking seams and ironing, I now have a motley assortment of triangles. 10 years of this quilt mocking me, and I had the last laugh! Now to figure out what to actually do with them..